Jaxon Evans

Jaxon Evans
Jaxon Evans
Nationality	New Zealander
Born	19 September 1996 (age 28); Levin, New Zealand
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Debut season	2021
Current team	Dempsey-Proton Racing
Racing licence	FIA Gold
Car number	77
Starts	7
Wins	0
Podiums	1
Poles	0
Fastest laps	1
Previous series
Carrera Cup Australia ; Australian GT Championship	2015–18 ; ; 2015–18
Championship titles
2018 ; ; 2020	Porsche Carrera Cup Australia ; Porsche Carrera Cup France

Jaxon Evans (born 19 September 1996) is a racing driver from New Zealand who is set to compete in the Supercars Championship for Brad Jones Racing.^[1] He previously competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship.^[2]

Career

After several years spent in karting, Evans began his sports car racing career in 2015, competing for McElrea Racing in the then-Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Australia.^[3] In his opening season of competition, Evans finished second in the B Class, before stepping up to the overall championship for 2016.^[4] After trading blows with Hamish Hardeman for most of the season, Evans would ultimately fall short of the title after a retirement at Winton established an eventual 19 point gap between the two.^[4]

2017 marked a series of changes for Evans, as he embarked upon a dual full season effort with Jamec Pem Racing in the Australian Endurance Championship^[5] and a debut in the Porsche Carrera Cup Australia.^[4] Evans and co-driver Tim Miles scored victories in two of the four races that season, including the opener at Phillip Island,^[6] but would finish second in the championship. In the Carrera Cup, Evans scored five victories en route to a fifth place points finish.^[4] The following season, Evans was crowned series champion, awarding him with the opportunity to compete at the Porsche Junior Programme Shootout at the end of the 2018 calendar year.^[7] At the program's conclusion, Evans was announced as the victor, being offered a €225,000 scholarship and a ride in the 2019 Porsche Supercup.^[8] Evans signed with Swiss team Fach Auto Tech,^[9] tallying two podiums and finishing seventh in the overall standings.

Evans competing in the Porsche Supercup in 2019

In 2020, competing for BWT Lechner Racing, Evans won the Porsche Carrera Cup France.^[10] Just weeks later, he was offered his first drive in the FIA World Endurance Championship with Dempsey-Proton Racing, sharing the #88 with Khaled Al Qubaisi and Marco Holzer.^[11] For the 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship season, Evans would compete for the team full-time, partnering with Matt Campbell and Christian Ried in the #77.^[12]

The 2023 season saw Evans take on the IMSA SportsCar Championship's Michelin Endurance Cup, driving in the GTD class for the Kelly-Moss with Riley Motorsports operation.^[13] Evans also embarked on a full-time effort in the ADAC GT Masters, driving for German team Huber Racing alongside Tim Zimmermann.^[14]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2015	Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Australia	McElrea Racing	18	0	0	0	0	100	13th
2015	Australian GT Championship - GT Trophy	McElrea Racing	2	0	0	0	2	126	12th
2016	Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Australia	Simulate-It/Willship	18	9	4	9	16	471	2nd
	Toyota Finance 86 Championship	Stealth Motorsport	9	0	0	1	0	340	12th
	Australian GT Championship	McElrea Racing	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Australian Endurance Championship	McElrea Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2017	Australian Endurance Championship	Jamec Pem Racing	4	2	0	1	3	598	2nd
2017	Porsche Carrera Cup Australia	McElrea Racing	23	5	0	2	7	879.5	5th
2018	Porsche Carrera Cup Australia	McElrea Racing	24	6	1	7	17	1114	1st
2018	Australian GT Championship	McElrea Racing	1	0	0	0	0	185	30th
2019	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany	Team Project 1 - JBR	15	0	1	1	3	139	6th
	Porsche Supercup	Fach Auto Tech	10	0	1	1	2	83	7th
	VLN Series - AT	Care for Climate	1	0	0	0	1	5	11th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Competition Motorsports	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2020	Porsche Carrera Cup France	BWT Lechner Racing	10	2	0	3	7	139	1st
	Porsche Supercup	BWT Lechner Racing	8	1	1	1	3	108	4th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Earl Bamber Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	4	19th
	FIA World Endurance Championship - GTE Am	Dempsey-Proton Racing	1	0	0	1	1	23	21st
2021	FIA World Endurance Championship - GTE Am	Dempsey-Proton Racing	6	0	0	1	2	79	3rd
	European Le Mans Series - LMGTE	Dempsey-Proton Racing	2	0	1	0	1	23	18th
	Porsche Supercup	martinet by Alméras	8	1	1	0	3	111	2nd
	Porsche Carrera Cup France	martinet by Alméras	2	1	0	0	2	0	NC
2022	ADAC GT Masters	ID-Racing	4	0	0	0	0	18	29th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Herberth Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Porsche Supercup	CLRT	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	Supercars Championship	Brad Jones Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Falken Motorsports	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	9th
2023	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Team Parker Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Kelly-Moss with Riley	3	0	0	0	0	581	39th
	Supercars Championship	Brad Jones Racing	2	0	0	0	0	186	47th
	ADAC GT Masters	Huber Racing	6	1	1	1	2	91	8th
2024	Supercars Championship	Brad Jones Racing	14	0	0	0	0	616	21st
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Phantom Global Racing	1	0	0	0	1	15	3rd
	GT World Challenge Asia		4	0	0	?	0	1	43rd
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
	GT World Challenge Australia	Phantom Global Racing
	GT World Challenge Australia	Arise Racing

† As he was a guest driver, Evans was ineligible to score points.

^* Season still in progress.

Complete Porsche Supercup results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	Points
2019	Fach Auto Tech	CAT 8	MON 9	RBR 9	SIL 5	HOC 10	HUN 11	SPA 3	MNZ 6	MEX 14	MEX 3	6th	87
2020	BWT Lechner Racing	RBR 1	RBR 5	HUN 20	SIL 3	SIL 8	CAT 2	SPA 4	MNZ 5			4th	108
2021	Martinet by Alméras	MON 2	RBR 6	RBR 1	HUN 2	SPA 12	ZND 10	MNZ 4	MNZ 7			2nd	110
2022	CLRT	IMO	MON	SIL	RBR 8	LEC	SPA	ZND	MNZ			N/C	-

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Rank	Points
2019–20	Dempsey-Proton Racing	LMGTE Am	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	SIL	FUJ	SHA	BHR	COA	SPA	LMS	BHR 3	21st	23
2021	Dempsey-Proton Racing	LMGTE Am	Porsche 911 RSR-19	Porsche 4.2L Flat-6	SPA Ret	POR Ret	MON 5	LMS 7	BHR1 6	BHR2 6			10th	34

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pos.	Points
2023	Kelly-Moss with Riley	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6	DAY 16	SEB 7	LBH	MON	WGL 17	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	IMS	PET	39th	628

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2021	Dempsey-Proton Racing	Christian Ried Matt Campbell	Porsche 911 RSR-19	GTE Am	335	31st	5th

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2018	Objective Racing	Tony Walls Tim Slade Warren Luff	McLaren 650S GT3	APP	260	DNF	DNF
2019	Competition Motorsports McElrea Racing	David Calvert-Jones Kévin Estre	Porsche 911 GT3 R	APA	37	DNF	DNF
2020	EBM - NED Racing Team	David Calvert-Jones Romain Dumas	Porsche 911 GT3 R	A-GT3 Pro/Am	311	11th	2nd
2024	Phantom Global Racing / Team75	Bastian Buus Joel Eriksson	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	A-GT3 Pro	275	4th	4th

Supercars Championship results

Supercars results
Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	Position	Points
2022	Brad Jones Racing	Holden ZB Commodore	SYD R1	SYD R2	SYM R6	SYM R7	SYM R8	MEL R6	MEL R7	MEL R8	MEL R9	WAN R10	WAN R11	WAN R12	WIN R13	WIN R14	WIN R15	HID R16	HID R17	HID R18	TOW R19	TOW R20	BEN R21	BEN R22	BEN R23	SAN R24	SAN R25	SAN R26	PUK R27	PUK R28	PUK R29	BAT R30 Ret	SUR R31	SUR R32	ADE R33	ADE R34	NC	0
2023	Brad Jones Racing	Camaro ZL1-1LE	NEW R1	NEW R2	MEL R3	MEL R4	MEL R5	MEL R6	BAR R7	BAR R8	BAR R9	SYM R10	SYM R11	SYM R12	HID R13	HID R14	HID R15	TOW R16	TOW R17	SMP R18	SMP R19	BEN R20	BEN R21	BEN R22	SAN R23 18	BAT R24 21	SUR R25	SUR R26	ADE R27	ADE R28							47th	174
2024	Brad Jones Racing	Camaro ZL1-1LE	BAT1 R1 20	BAT1 R2 21	MEL R3 24	MEL R4 18	MEL R5 18	MEL R6 18	TAU R7 10	TAU R8 14	BAR R9 18	BAR R10 18	HID R11 21	HID R12 11	TOW R13 22	TOW R14 21	SMP R15 18	SMP R16 20	SYM R17 24	SYM R18 Ret	SAN R19 22	BAT R20 20	SUR R21 17	SUR R22 15	ADE R23	ADE R24											23rd*	1027*

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

Year	Team	Car	Co-driver	Position	Laps
2022	Brad Jones Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	Jack Smith	DNF	138
2023	Brad Jones Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6	Jack Smith	21st	157
2024	Brad Jones Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6	Dean Fiore	20th	161

References

^ "Jaxon Evans lands SCT Camaro seat". speedcafe.com. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
^ "Jaxon Evans - FIA World Endurance Championship". fiawec.com. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
^ "McElrea Racing - Jaxon Evans". mcelrearacing.com. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Jaxon Evans: New Zealands' rising Porsche star". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. 5 April 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
^ "Garth Tander and Jaxon Evans Bolster Jamec Pem Racing". australiangt.com.au. 16 May 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
^ "Evans and Miles Hand Audi Victory at the Island". australiangt.com.au. 28 May 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
^ "Carrera Cup Australia Champion Jaxon Evans announced as 2019 Porsche Junior". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. 23 November 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
^ "Jaxon Evans claims Porsche Junior Shootout". morrisfinance.com.au. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
^ "Starting the Season with New Drivers and Strong Partners". fachautotech.com. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
^ "Jaxon Evans clinches Porsche Carrera Cup France Championship title". carreracup.com.au. 2 November 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
^ "Jaxon Evans to make World Endurance Championship debut in 8 Hours of Bahrain". planetporsche.org. 10 November 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
^ "Evans to Make Full-Season Debut as Proton Names No. 77 Crew". sportscar365.com. 30 March 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
^ Dagys, John (6 January 2023). "Van Berlo, Metni Team Up in Kellymoss Porsche GTD Effort". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
^ Plümer, Jonas (31 March 2023). "ADAC GT Masters: Huber Racing bestätigt Aufgebot" [ADAC GT Masters: Huber Racing confirms squad]. GT-Place (in German). Retrieved 2 April 2023.

External links

Jaxon Evans Archived 2021-05-18 at the Wayback Machine at the Porsche Newsroom
Jaxon Evans career summary at DriverDB.com
Jaxon Evans driver statistics at Racing-Reference

Sporting positions
Preceded by David Wall	Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Champion 2018	Succeeded by Jordan Love
Preceded by Ayhancan Güven	Porsche Carrera Cup France Champion 2020	Succeeded by Marvin Klein

[Supercars-2024-1] "Jaxon Evans lands SCT Camaro seat". speedcafe.com. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.

[WEC-2] "Jaxon Evans - FIA World Endurance Championship". fiawec.com. Retrieved 17 May 2021.

[McElrea-3] "McElrea Racing - Jaxon Evans". mcelrearacing.com. Retrieved 18 May 2021.

[RisingStar-4] "Jaxon Evans: New Zealands' rising Porsche star". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. 5 April 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2021.

[5] "Garth Tander and Jaxon Evans Bolster Jamec Pem Racing". australiangt.com.au. 16 May 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2021.

[6] "Evans and Miles Hand Audi Victory at the Island". australiangt.com.au. 28 May 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2021.

[7] "Carrera Cup Australia Champion Jaxon Evans announced as 2019 Porsche Junior". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. 23 November 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2021.

[8] "Jaxon Evans claims Porsche Junior Shootout". morrisfinance.com.au. Retrieved 18 May 2021.

[9] "Starting the Season with New Drivers and Strong Partners". fachautotech.com. Retrieved 18 May 2021.

[10] "Jaxon Evans clinches Porsche Carrera Cup France Championship title". carreracup.com.au. 2 November 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2021.

[11] "Jaxon Evans to make World Endurance Championship debut in 8 Hours of Bahrain". planetporsche.org. 10 November 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2021.

[12] "Evans to Make Full-Season Debut as Proton Names No. 77 Crew". sportscar365.com. 30 March 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.

[13] Dagys, John (6 January 2023). "Van Berlo, Metni Team Up in Kellymoss Porsche GTD Effort". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 6 January 2023.

[14] Plümer, Jonas (31 March 2023). "ADAC GT Masters: Huber Racing bestätigt Aufgebot" [ADAC GT Masters: Huber Racing confirms squad]. GT-Place (in German). Retrieved 2 April 2023.

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